DCP Investigators Printed Supplies (Red Tags, Blue Cinch Straps, Yellow Tape

This state and local contracting opportunity involves the procurement of various printed supplies, including Blue Cinch Straps, Yellow Tape, and Red Embargo Tags, for the Department of Central Procurement (DCP) in the state of Massachusetts. The Blue Cinch Straps are being procured through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process, with responses due by December 28, 2016. The contract term is for one year, with the option to renew for up to four additional one-year terms. Similarly, the Yellow Tape procurement is being conducted through a Scope of Work, with bids due by June 30, 2023, and a mandatory bidder's conference scheduled for June 15, 2023. The contract term is one year with four optional one-year renewal periods. For the Red Embargo Tags, the state of California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is issuing an RFP for 1.7 million tags, with a one-year contract term and four optional one-year extensions.

The Yellow Tape procurement is set aside for small and minority-owned businesses, with the current incumbent provider being ABC Supplies Inc. The funding for this contract will come from the state's Department of Transportation and Department of Public Works budgets. The Red Embargo Tags procurement is also a small business set-aside, but no information is provided about any incumbent suppliers or the current contract environment. The procurement values or budget ranges for these contracts are not specified in the provided documents.